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Sep 8 2026

Departmental Seminar: Complexes, Contacts, and Context: Mapping the Human Interactome by Dr. Kevin Drew

Tuesday, 4:00 pm–5:00 pm
4289 SELE
Sep 9 2026

MCDB Seminar: “The Logistics of Fat: Interrogating lipid droplet-organelle communication” by Chi-Lun Chang (St. Jude Research Hospital)

Wednesday, 12:00 pm–1:00 pm
MBRB 1152
Sep 10 2026

Departmental Seminar: Peripheral and central mechanisms of sensory coding in the olfactory system by Dr. Joseph Zak

Thursday, 4:00 pm–5:00 pm
4289 SELE
Sep 17 2026

LIN Seminar: "A network mechanism for perceptual learning" by Andrew Fink (Northwestern University)

Thursday, 4:00 pm–5:00 pm
SELE 4289
Sep 22 2026

E&E Seminar: "Quantitative methods to understand environmental phenomena: flash drought and the natural enemies hypotheses" by Tiffany Christian (UIC)

Tuesday, 12:30 pm–1:30 pm
SELE 4289
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